OCR Text |
Show r 77 fr ,r fSV E;d: 12312001 UTAH 507 SALT PRESS W ASSOCIATION - 200 S LAKE SUITE CITY f 1 n 4006 UT 34101 Judd turns 101 Page 11 Governors award to Pepper Page 12 . VOLUME 70 NUMBER 3 , COLOR COUNTRY'S HOME TOWN NEWSPAPER 600 WEDNESDAY AUGUST 22, 2001 will follow County - m V ' Y vvV , - ' I" , - , ' M J i vV j. M w4 v t , " 'T 'A ? p 'A. .i uV' J. i ordinances with donated property By Carol Sullivan The donated property by Daryl Christensen in Swains'Creek is getting more notoriety than the Commission has planned at the August 13, 2001, Kane County Commission meeting. Irene Briggs, representing the Lot f' h Owners Association, said the r s property was intended to be a v ' ' 1J j fi gift for the county to maintain, 'i. J not to be considered surplus. Briggs said they want the com. 2001 Kane County Fair Princess Royalty mission to rescind the transacThe Kane County Fair activities started oft on Wednesday, August 15 at the Valley High School Little Theater with tion. The association cannot just the annual Fair Princess Pageant. Thirteen very talented and lovely girls competed for the title of Fair Princess 200 1. receive the property as a donaMiss Chandi BuddofKanab, daughter of Richard and Marie! Budd, won the title of Fair Princess. Her attendants tion from the county because of were Miss Lara Clayson ofKanab, daughter of Dirk and Loretta Clayson, and Miss Rakira Heaton of Alton, daughter county ordinances. After some ' i v , - , 3 , v I - 4, of Dennis and Teresa Heaton. The title of Miss Congeniality was awarded to Miss Chelsea Banks ofKanab, daughter of John and Tammy Banks. Fair Princess Chandi Budd and her court were awarded U.S. Savings bonds. As Fair Princess, royalty they reined over the fair and added sparkle to the events that they helped with. Thank you girls for your help in making this years fair such a grand success. Kane School Board fax hearing ken with area realtors and were of K Kanab, hoping that Kanabs economy Roger Barney who has extensive background would grow, proving a more profand experience in construction itable sale in the future. matters and worked in construc- Regular Board meeting On the subject of the upcomtion in Flagstaff, AZ for numerous years, had many questions ing Opening Institute agenda, for the School Board during the Superintendent Johnson again 6 p.m. tax hearing. Barney and encouraged all of the board to a number of other area residents attend, stating, It would be nice questioned the board regarding if all could show for the opening tax issues and issues surround- and possibly the entire day would ing the old middle school. really be good. According to Residents requested that the Johnson, the actual training on board publicly review a decision the data management system is made regarding the old middle from 1 to 3 :30 and the trainer for school, from the BLMs occu- this is from Salt Lake. The morn-- , pancy of the building, possibili- ing will be spent on business ties for sale opportunities, as items and recognitionawards. well as building a brand new Transportation manager Royce Presischool. The boards Gillespie, representing all of the high dent, Loral Linton, responded, construction managers this month, At the end of five years of the gave the construction managers BLM being there, well still have report. Maxwell Construction a marketable and usable build-- , started pouring the concrete for the mg. When a citizen asked if the courtyard to be done by schools building had been advertised for start Inside of Valley will be done, sale, Litton replied that it had but the parking lot will still be in not, but that the board had spo progress. The old (Valley) school is By Rachel Tueller ' now completely sealed - no one can enter. Two bids on the demolition were by Lambs and Larry Rose. Gillespie noted that Rose was more experienced and knowledgeable in demolitions. Bothbidsincludemov-in- g a fire hydrant and the above ground pump and removal of the old boiler. The board moved to cept Lambs bid, given that Lambs can move on the work beginning August 27. If Lamb is unable to do so, the vote is to be amended and the Rose bid will then be accepted. There was also some discus- sion regarding the possibility of reselling the boiler in the old school, as the boiler is newer than the one in the new school. The board will check into economic feasibility of refurbishing and resale, as the boiler may be worth $25,000. The next item of business for the boards discussion and consideration was regarding the staff requests. For approval; Kanab El- See SCHOOL , Page 17 Lind said we will advertize to sell the property as is. The buyer will inherit conflicts and need to check into CC&R and other issues. Ron Larson, Dixie National Forest, explained a proposal by the Forest Service for a one time purchase of a chipper for disposal of unwanted wood. The cost is already covered in the fire suppression budget. The goal is to help on Cedar sub-divisio- ns Mountain and Larsons request for a letter of support from the Commissioners was approved. County Clerk Karla Johnson had two purchase orders for the Covcommissioners to review. Under discussion of Conditions, enants and Restrictions (CC&R), the new policy, they only review mainly the issue of uses and purchase orders when the dedues, Commission Chairman Joe partment is over budget. Commission Chairman Joe Judd said, This is not what was originally intended. The gift was Judd, who is also a member of. to get rid of taxes. There was a the State Community Impact burden there of property that Board, was excited to report that was difficult to sell. We want to the town of Alton has received a serve the people in the area. You grant (not a low interest loan) of came with criteria you wanted $122,000 for street improveto do with the land. The county ments. will follow its ordinances. The Commissioner Spencer. has ordinance says the county can checked into the pros and cons of not give it to the Lot Owners Forest Service payments with Association. The county must the one time 25 percent share of place the property for bid and timber revenue averaged over advertise. County Attorney Eric three years, or take a chance to Ssven fib for local government Seven people have thrown their hats into the race for three Kanab City government positions by the August 15 filing deadline. Candidates for mayor are incumbent Karen Alvey, Rim Lawson and Richard Negus. Candidates for two Kanab City Council positions include incumbent Rosalie Coleman, incumbent Darwin Crawford, Brad Hainswcrth and Terril Honey, L See COMMISSION, Page 20 KANAB WEATHER I k V V"' |